NICOTIANA


Meaning of NICOTIANA in English

[ni.co.ti.a.na] n [NL, fr. herba nicotiana, lit., Nicot's herb, fr. Jean Nicot d. 1600 Fr. diplomat and scholar] (1600): any of several tobaccos (as Nicotiana alata) grown for their showy flowers

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